Abraham, I think you are overdosing on moderater juice. You are starting to get irritating.

:)

...good point...I think alot of us here know each other by now and this is a very very passionate group of peeps.

Politics and Religion....what a group we got here. :)

One can be passionate about something without showing disrespectful behaviour or using personal remarks. It´s the job of the moderators to step in if a discussion becomes too heated.

And was it overheating? don't think so. We had plenty of far hotter duels in recent years, and even after days going on - still no moderator in sight. I persoanlly think that Abraham has a secret TCIP running (Thread Counter Increasing Program). He does so because AL's and Hitman's according programs are a threat to his numerical dominance.:cool:

Moderators are suspicious. :know:

Yes, it was. Read Abe´s post again! :)

Times have changed.

Bombs on Iran
 

I did think it was going to. And I have nothing against hot debates - as you should know better then others - as long as there are no (unfounded) personal attacks. Onkel Neal wanted a little bit of extra moderation on the General Topic Forum, so here I am!
:D
Stick to Neal's rules and you can say (almost) anything you want in your postings.

With that last line I would certainly agree, especially if I were you!
:rotfl:

But guys, aren't we a little bit off topic?
If you feel that bad about (my) moderation you should start a new thread about it (or complain to Onkel Neal).

Abraham
(with moderator cap ... well, in hand, I guess)

From the FAQ...

" express your thoughts in reasoned and responsible terms"

Neal's house, Neal's rules.

JCC

Obviously I was not the only one thinking that that article by Meggle was worth a translation. Demand for English was so high, it seems, that now the publisher has released a full English translation of it, which is more competently done than mine, of course. :damn: I could have spared that work...:damn: Usually they release planned dual-language articles at the same time, not with one and a half weeks delay between both versions.

http://www.heise.de/bin/tp/issue/r4/...880&mode=print

Der Kosmos ist fies manchmal, richtig fies.

I myself as moderator in another forum believe that in case of doubt, the moderator shall act as Abraham has done. OK, he *could* be wrong when doing so, but unquestionably it is better than not reacting fast enough.

I therefore asume I did overreact a bit, and thus present my excuses to anybody who might have felt sad because of my remarks. I also present my excuses to Abraham because of having caused him trouble as moderator.

As for continuing the discussion, it seems nor the Avon Lady or me found it useful anymore. Given what has been discussed so far, I don't thik I want to add anything else. Preventive bombing of Iran or not will not decided by any of us anyway. We can just choose our attitude towards that event, and have already done. That's all.

Thanks